The president and chief executive of The Times, Mark Thompson, said that while the company would maintain a cautious financial strategy, the strength of the balance sheet justified a dividend.
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LAS VEGAS (AP) -- It's not often you can use the word 'dry' to describe a Las Vegas landmark, but tourists hoping to cruise along the Venetian hotel-casino's indoor canals are finding them tapped out. ...
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MILAN (AP) -- Milan is seeking to reclaim its fashion pre-eminence with a re-energized fashion week not only through strong messages from the runways but concrete acts of to enhance the city's prestige. ...
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Jon Gosselin has already come forward to say he lives 'in the woods,' but the former reality star revealed to 'Entertainment Tonight' that he's also waiting tables at a restaurant in his home state of Pennsylvania.'At first I was thinking, 'Oh, how are people going to react?
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As the major implementation date for the Affordable Care Act approaches, conservatives are doing everything they can to prevent the law from coming to fruition. Naturally, this includes Rush Limbaugh , who used a new tack to argue against Obamacare on his radio show Thursday, along the way comparing it to slavery.
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LONDON (Reuters) - The Tate museum called for a five-year public funding 'contract' with the British government on Thursday to help stabilize its role as a national repository of art in an era of declining public finances for culture.
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) Former President Jimmy Carter will receive a lifetime humanitarian achievement award bearing Muhammad Ali's name next month, headlining a list of winners that includes singers Christina Aguilera and Michael Bolton for the first-ever awards that promote achievements in the fight for social...
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NEWARK, N.J. (AP) A New Jersey municipal judge who has been told by the state Supreme Court he can't also be a stand-up comedian in his off hours has resigned from the bench.
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Pat Smith insisted that she was repeatedly lied to by President Barack Obama , Vice President Joe Biden , former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton , National Security Advisor Susan Rice , and former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta who all immediately blamed the attack on the spontaneous demonstrations arising in...
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The Energy and Commerce Committee, run by long-serving Republican Representative Fred Upton and Tennessee Republican Marsha Blackburn , put out a press release on Thursday that maaaaaaybe went a li'l overboard on the GIFs.
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Well that didn't take long. Just one month after signing with talent agency CAA, 40 Days of Dating creators Jessica Walsh and Timothy Goodman have sold the rights to their story to Warner Bros. Their beautifully-designed blog chronicled a joint experiment in which the duo dated for 40 days and answered a series of...
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BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) Josh Gad might not look like one of the most happening guys in Hollywood. He goes all but unnoticed on a recent Sunday morning as he walks into the lobby of Hotel Sofitel wearing shorts with a camp shirt and a hint of scruff on his face.
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Mark Levin joined Glenn Beck on his show Thursday morning for a rare match-up of conservative titans, and during the discussion both men lamented how the Republican establishment has abandoned conservatives.
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NBC announced Thursday that it will be producing a new mini-series based on the life of Johnny Carson , who hosted the Tonight Show for three decades before handing the show over to Jay Leno in 1992. There are no reports of a casting decision yet from NBC, but there's really only one choice: Kevin Spacey .
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Initial reports that an AR-15 was used in the Navy Yard mass shooting were later retracted , but there are conflicting reports about whether shooter Aaron Alexis tried to purchase an AR-15. There is no doubt, though, that he was able to legally purchase the shotgun used in the shooting, and could have purchased...
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Patsy Swayze, who taught her late son Patrick to dance and had a lengthy dance resume all her own, died Monday at age 86, the Los Angeles Times reports.Patsy Swayze first worked in dance in Houston, where Patrick and her other four children were born and raised.
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The parody of progressive activism that is The Villiage Voice might resonate with some, but I would not count on it to do wonders for Lawsky's future political career in New York.
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Texas Senator Ted Cruz incurred the wrath of a good number of Republican legislative aides on Thursday when he kicked the defunding-Obamacare ball right back into the House GOP's court.
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When news is slow, TV outlets sure love an intense car chase. As we've documented here many times, that ratings prize also comes with high risk: Sometimes the chases end in horrific fashion , occasionally with lives lost on-air . While following a high-speed chase this week, CBS Miami broadcast a horrific crash...
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